Re: allow granting CLUSTER, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, and REINDEX

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pavel Luzanov <p(dot)luzanov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: allow granting CLUSTER, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, and REINDEX
Date: 2022-12-14 20:56:59
Message-ID: 5de2d92e6d2d990fe7e82a5be5da76b8acc96b37.camel@j-davis.com
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On Wed, 2022-12-14 at 15:32 -0500, Isaac Morland wrote:

> Is there a firm decision on the issue of changing the cluster index
> of a table? Re-clustering a table on the same index is clearly
> something that should be granted by MAINTAIN as I imagine it, but
> changing the cluster index, strictly speaking, changes the schema and
> could be considered outside of the scope of what should be allowed.
> On the other hand, I can see simplicity in having CLUSTER check the
> same permissions whether or not the cluster index is being updated.

In both the case of CLUSTER and REFRESH, I don't have a strong enough
opinion to break them out into separate privileges. There's some
argument that can be made; but at the same time it's hard for me to
imagine someone really making use of the privileges separately.

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Jeff Davis
PostgreSQL Contributor Team - AWS

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